The Federal Government has announced its readiness to pay a minimum wage exceeding N60,000, urging organized labor to accept the offer. The figure was disclosed by the government late Monday after a meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress TUC at the Office of the Secretary to the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have announced a nationwide strike starting June 3rd, 2024, due to the tripartite committee’s failure to reach consensus on a new minimum wage and electricity tariff increase. The President of the TUC Festus Osifo announced the strike at a joint news conference with the leadership…
The Organised Labour comprising the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has insisted on May 31 deadline for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to approve N615k as new minimum wage. The organised labour met today, Monday, May 20, 2024, ahead of another negotiation meeting with the federal government tomorrow, Tuesday, May 21,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it arrived at the N615,000 minimum wage recommendations after painstakingly computing the monthly cost of living of Nigerian workers, with food, transportation taking the lion share. The computation released by the NLC, shows that at N9,000 per day, a person is expected to spend as much as N270,000 in…
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have forwarded a joint demand to the tripartite committee negotiating the new national minimum wage. According to the Guardian, The consensus was reached at a meeting that took place at NLC headquarters and presided over by NLC President, Joe Ajaero. The gathering, which was…
The Nigerian Trade Union Congress (TUC) has told the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that its members will not join the nationwide protest slated for Tuesday and Wednesday. The TUC President, Festus Osifo, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday ahead of the planned NLC protest. Osifo asserted that members of the TUC…
Workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to implement the agreements reached on October 2, 2023, over the removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit failure of which they will embark on nationwide strike….
The Nigerian Trade Union Congress(TUC) has called for the Urgent Implementation of Agreements, Especially on the Minimum Wage allocation in 2023 by the Federal Government. Mr Festus Osifo, TUC President, said this in a 2024 new year message jointly signed by Mr Nuhu Toro, Secretary General of the union on Wednesday in Abuja. The message…
The Federal Government on Wednesday met with the officials of Labour unions on how to resolve the issues concerning the ongoing national strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media, Makut Macham . He expressed the hope that with…
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria have directed members to proceed nationwide strike from midnight on November 14, 2023. TUC President Festus Osifo disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday. Osifo said the strike would remain until “government at all levels wake up to their responsibility.” The strike…
